Twenge states, “To many older people, it’s funny. But too many younger people the main consumers of the reality shows on, say, MTV it shapes their views of the world” (pg 7). Narcissism is shown often, and without hesitation on reality TV younger viewers are being conditioned by the depiction of narcissism. Slowly, the excess amount of narcissism seems normal. For instance, on “America’s Next Top Model” young viewers wish to be thin, tall, and overall a model, but go about it in the wrong ways.
Some of these contestants are role models for the kids. While the contestants are performing their show, children are watching all their shameless behaviors. The contestants think that teaching something so shameless is alright. Some of the youth are amazed at everything that is happening on TV. Many Americans have fallen in love with these reality shows; it seems as if they have become part of the crowd.
If the Nor’easters can get a reputation as a fun place for college students to go out for a game, they will have great success. The team can also benefit from the collective knowledge of other team General Managers, who have given them valuable information on how to make a minor league team succeed. Some of their tips include making themselves an entertainment business rather than just a baseball team, hosting events such as kids day with bounce houses and becoming a staple for the kids in the local community. The opportunities are great for the Nor’easters and they could potentially see great success if they capitalize on these
(289~291) I agree with Johnson’s claim of, Sleeper Curve makes the viewers improve so they Liu 2 can and will want to watch more TV shows. However, watching TV have more factors that make you more stupid than make you smarter. This skill ends up letting people watch more and more TVs, which already is a bad thing, and they become more stupid. First of all, TV shows’ content also is a great factor of being smart which Johnson never talks about. In “Watching TV Makes You Smarter” when he talked about the show 24, he ignored the content of the show like the torture scenes, and go straight to the Sleeper Curve.
Sociologically, reality television offers several reasons as to why we thoroughly enjoy reality programming and why makes us want to integrate what we see on TV into our lives. Symbolic interactionism is the study of how people use things to which they attach meaning to develop their views of the world and to connect with one another. This idea is used to understand cultures and how different actions depict several meanings around the world. In the case of reality television, it has become so popular that people who watch reality programming link themselves and their actions with that of the people they see on these programs. The reason why people are so crazy for reality television is is because there is that possibility that they could be on it.
“Tartuffe reminds me of a grown up version of a Dr. Seuss book.” says Casey McCall, who plays Mariane, “It really is a great Show, and I think that people will enjoy it a lot.” The audience is in for quite the surprise when they see this show. They’ll be shocked to see how many parallels there are in modern life to a play that was written centuries ago. Every audience member will be able to connect to a character, whether they’re the religious hypocrite, the person who speaks out of place to fight for what’s right, or the young boy having their love seduced by another man who we all know
The Office is one of my favorite television series simply because the characters are so amusing and make me smile. It’s a documentary-style show that gives us an inside look on the humor and foolishness of the 9-to-5 world. The attributes and insensitivities of the characters are exaggerated as the goal is to make the audience laugh, but much can be learned from this fictional office. The show is essentially about a diverse group of workers trying to get along despite numerous awkward moments, ego clashes and plenty of inappropriate behavior. There is no doubt that many American workers can relate to the dysfunctional conflicts that drive the show’s humor.
We compare our actions to those of Jerry’s, George’s or Kramer’s to what we would do in our lives. Seinfeld clearly pokes fun of simple real life situations and allows us to compare our lives to those displayed on the TV screen. Every episode of Seinfeld allows us to laugh at the characters’ situations. In “The Fire”, George is invited to a child’s birthday party. George does not see how the clown in the party does not know whom Bozo the Clown is.
Originally these men had written Avenue Q to be a television show, but a friend of theirs recommended they consider live performance, and it just stuck. Critics found the show to be entertaining, and I can imagine the puppets becoming almost endearing. The audience for a show like Avenue Q might be questionable, but it has managed to remain a hit, and although it is no longer on Broadway, it continues to be shown Off
It can illuminate and it can even inspire. But it can do so only to the extent that humans are determinded to use it...... Otherwise, it is merely wiresand lights in a box” (‘Good night and Good Luck’ Movie). As you can see, this quote has strong opinion about television. This movie believes that television is more than just entertainment to us, and the television needs to contain valuable contents that can teach, illuminate and inspire people, and the movie shows Murrow’s television show, “See It Now” during McCarthyism’s era to support the idea.